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George Walker

American composer and pianist
George Theophilus Walker was an American composer, pianist, and organist, and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, which he received for his work Lilacs in 1996. Walker was married to pianist and scholar Helen... Wikipedia
Born: June 27, 1922, Washington, D.C.
Died: August 23, 2018 (age 96 years), Montclair, NJ
Genre: Classical
Spouse: Helen Walker-Hill ​ ​(m. 1960; div. 1975)​